Language Planning and Language Ideologies in Guernsey

Autor/in	Sallabank, Julia
Titel	Language Planning and Language Ideologies in Guernsey
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 38 (2019) 1, S.93-111 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2018-0002
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Language Attitudes; Language Fluency; Foreign Countries; Language Variation; Self Concept; Language Maintenance; Social Influences; Political Influences; Native Speakers; Public Policy; Cultural Activities; Romance Languages; Sociolinguistics; Trust Responsibility (Government); United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Sprachverhalten; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Sprachenvielfalt; Selbstkonzept; Sprachpflege; Sozialer Einfluss; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Muttersprachler; Öffentliche Ordnung; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Romanische Sprache; Soziolinguistik; Großbritannien
Abstract	The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a small, semi-autonomous archipelago in the English Channel. Although it is a British Crown dependency and part of the British Isles, it has its own parliament and does not belong to the United Kingdom or the European Union. This unusual geopolitical situation means that the nation-state has little relevance. It is only recently that the indigenous former vernacular has been accorded any worth, at either grass-roots or government level: as its vitality declines (increasingly rapidly), its perceived value for individual and collective identification has grown. Although public opinion overtly supports indigenous language maintenance, and increasing its vitality is a stated aim (e.g., a government Language Commission was announced in 2012), effective top-down measures to increase the number and fluency of speakers appear to be low on the agenda. This article explores the implications of this socio-political background for language policy. It discusses language-related activities which reveal a lack of ideological clarification and strategic direction at all levels, compounded by issues of control, epistemic stance and language ownership. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01